diff --git a/ipykernel/_version.py b/ipykernel/_version.py
index 97a8e4a1b..df91ce140 100644
--- a/ipykernel/_version.py
+++ b/ipykernel/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (4, 8, 0, 'dev0')
+version_info = (4, 8, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 
 kernel_protocol_version_info = (5, 1)